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University of Pennsylvania Press Human Rights in the Shadow of Colonial Violence
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Hard-hitting and heroically researched in a vast number of far-flung archives, Human Rights in the Shadow of Colonial Violence asks what post-World War II international norms meant on the ground for states fighting counterinsurgencies on behalf of settler colonialism." * Samuel Moyn, Columbia University *"The originality of [Klose's] approach lies in placing the radicalization of colonial violence by both colonial powers, Great Britain and France, in the context of the international human rights regime that emerged after the Second World War. . . . In all, Klose has made a substantial contribution to decolonization research." * Andreas Eckert, Historische Zeitschrift *"In an elegant and very readable way, Fabian Klose combines three topics in his work: the origins of the international human rights regime, decolonization, and the unchecked use of force. . . . A superbly readable depiction of the subject and chock-full of sources." * Wolfgang Büttner, sehepunkte *"A major contribution to the study of areas in decolonization history that have been largely unexplored until now, namely the role of human rights discourse and the unchecked use of force. . . . Using copious sources, including those from several previously unused archival collections, [Klose] has succeeded in advancing research on the history of violence and human rights in decolonization a good deal." * Jan Eckel, Archiv für Sozialgeschichte online *Table of ContentsList of Abbreviations Preface Chapter 1. Introduction Chapter 2. The New World Order, 1941-1948 Chapter 3. Contested Decolonization, 1945-1962 Chapter 4. The Legitimation of Colonial Violence Chapter 5. The Unleashing of Colonial Violence Chapter 6. The International Discourse on Human Rights as Marked by the Wars of Decolonization Chapter 7. Conclusion Notes Bibliography Index Acknowledgments
£59.25
University of Pennsylvania Press For the Love of Humanity
Book SynopsisTrade Review"[A] remarkable account of the World Tribunal on Iraq (WTI) . . . For the Love of Humanity, conveys the complexity of both the WTI's endeavor and the universalist ideals that continue to engender humanitarian, cosmopolitan, rights-based, and imperialist moral-political projects around the world." * Political and Legal Anthropology Review *"Part of what makes this book so impressive is that its radical vision is sustained and deepened by sophisticated reference to the ideas of many of the leading European political philosophers of the last 100 years and by a social science methodology that relies on an ethnographic record compiled by a participant observer who doubles as author. This fine, memorable book possesses a theoretical and practical significance that extends well beyond the confines of the World Tribunal on Iraq experience." * London Review of International Law *"What is the legacy of the World Tribunal on Iraq (WTI)? How can "for the love of humanity" be understood when it is used for both imperialist and anti-war arguments? These issues are elegantly interrogated by Ayca Cubukcu," * Middle East Journal *"This remarkable book about the World Tribunal on Iraq (set up shortly after the U.S. invasion by a multinational network of activists and scholars) is at once a valuable ethnography and a timely history of the present. It forces the reader to confront the conflicts between the legal and political perspectives that dominate our understanding of international affairs. For anyone concerned with global justice, For the Love of Humanity is essential-because thought-provoking-reading." * Talal Asad, The Graduate Center, City University of New York *"In this breakthrough ethnography of the World Tribunal on Iraq, Ayça Çubukçu raises new questions about the contemporary politics of human rights. She challenges the ease with which many hew to noble aspirations, as if crimes and mistakes in name of human rights were merely incidental perversions. Anyone concerned with the fate of cosmopolitanism in our era of the love of humanity and perpetual war must read this book." * Samuel Moyn, author of Not Enough: Human Rights in an Unequal World *"Mixing ethnographic material on the conduct of the World Tribunal on Iraq with analysis grounded in political theory and international law, Ayça Çubukçu's outstanding book offers thought-provoking arguments alongside first-hand reflections on the WTI's deliberations." * Stephen Hopgood, University of London *Table of ContentsIntroduction Chapter 1. Constituting Multitude: Founding a World Tribunal Chapter 2. Whose Tribunal? Chapter 3. Constituting Constitutions: The Fact of Iraqi Constitution, the Fatalism of Human Rights Intermezzo. Can the Network Speak? Chapter 4. "Humanity Must Be Defended" Afterword Appendices Notes Index Acknowledgments
£62.25
University of Pennsylvania Press Making Peace with Your Enemy
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Making Peace with Your Enemy is a breakthrough book. Laetitia Bucaille focuses on how former combatants experienced the cessation of hostilities and the ways in which they represent their past. She builds incisively on the narratives-and silences-of torturers and tortured, hunters and hunted, and the intertwined official and personal remembering and forgetting on all sides in France, Algeria, and South Africa. Fresh and compelling, this book is a must-read." * Dale F. Eickelman, Dartmouth College *"This important comparative study reveals new sightlines to students of all societies where histories of empire and ongoing questions of racism and racialized difference still matter. Ethan Rundell's skillful translation captures Laetitia Bucaille's incisive interweaving of, on the one hand, compelling oral testimony from veterans of two bitter, bloody, as well as 'untraditional' wars and, on the other, a deep engagement with historical and sociological scholarship. The results are at once accessible and enlightening." * Todd Shepard, Johns Hopkins University *Table of ContentsIntroduction PART I. THE AFTERMATH OF CONFLICT: (RE)FORGING THE POLITICAL ORDER Chapter 1. South Africa: Sparing the Losers Chapter 2. Algeria: The Victory over Colonialism Chapter 3. France and the Algerian War: Forgetting or Endless Confrontation? PART II. EX-COMBATANTS AND THE NATION Chapter 4. South African Ex-Combatants: The Constraints of Reconciliation and the Law of the Market Chapter 5. The Ex-Combatants of the FLN: An Eternally Privileged "Revolutionary Family" Chapter 6. The Ex-Combatants of the OAS: From Exile to Overintegration PART III. WAR NARRATIVES AND IMAGINARIES OF VIOLENCE Chapter 7. Collective Discourse Chapter 8. Perpetrating Violence Chapter 9. The Intimate Ordeal of Torture PART IV. THE DEMANDS OF JUSTICE AND RECOGNITION Chapter 10. Offering Forgiveness/Demanding Apology Chapter 11. Extricating Oneself from Domination Conclusion Notes Acknowledgments
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University of Pennsylvania Press Transforming the Urban University Northeastern
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Richard M. Freeland tells a compelling story about one of the most truly remarkable transformations of an American university at the turn of the twenty-first century. Given Northeastern's amazing surge in reputation-reflected especially in its U.S. News ranking but also in applications, among other things-this is a story that is of interest to practically every higher educational professional in the country." * Richardson Dilworth, Drexel University *"An excellent institutional history written by an acute inside analyst, Transforming the Urban University evaluates the experiences of Northeastern over almost a half century of dramatic change in the context of developments in Boston, in Massachusetts, and in the United States during an important period in American higher education." * Philip Altbach, Boston College *
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University of Pennsylvania Press Ghosts Holes Rips and Scrapes
Book SynopsisTrade Review"This is a magnificent contribution to bibliography that will be read enthusiastically by Shakespeare scholars and anyone working in the field of the history of the book, textual editing, and bibliography at the highest level. Zachary Lesser elegantly conveys the implications of his rigorous archival research, and the impression is-quite thrillingly-of a scholar rewriting in significant ways the history of a book that we thought we knew." * Adam Smyth, Balliol College, Oxford University *Table of ContentsContents Acknowledgments Introduction Chapter 1. Ghosts Chapter 2. Holes Chapter 3. Rips and Scrapes Conclusion. Questions Appendix A. Census of Known Sets of the 1619 Quartos Appendix B. Order of Plays in Known Bindings of the 1619 Quartos Appendix C. Copies Consulted Notes Index
£46.40
University of Pennsylvania Press The Paradox of Urban Revitalization
Book SynopsisTrade Review"Gillette superbly draws a set of nine urban portraits, cities addressing the tensions between economic development, equity, and community engagement...[C]ities can and should do more than what they are doing to balance the three goals of equity, economic development, and community engagement. They can benefit from implementation lessons described in this book. Howard Gillette has helped us understand the limits of what can be accomplished at the metropolitan level to resolve tensions between these three goals." * Housing Studies *"[A] welcome addition to canonical urban planning history and theory...Gillette shows how local government policymaking can make a difference and that there are ways—albeit imperfect—to counter growth machine politics of corporate subsidies and creative-class hangouts. Gillette advances that a paradox of 'progress' is grinding poverty and dispossession. Contemporary city leaders must intentionally harness urban growth toward more equitable development. Experts and non-experts alike have much to learn from that frame." * Journal of the American Planning Association *"The Paradox of Urban Revitalization is a welcome addition to the urban planning history and theory canon. Through an in-depth, multi-city empirical examination, Gillette discusses urban revitalization in the context of American cities' changing governance arrangements. The paradox advanced by Gillette is that urban revitalization geared to wealthier, whiter residents occasions displacement and deepening inequality for long-time working-class residents and residents of color. Gillette shows how local government policymaking can make a difference and that there are ways — albeit imperfect — to counter growth machine politics of corporate subsidies and creative class hangouts." * Planning Magazine *"In this ambitious case study, urban historian Gillette locates the origins of the modern civil rights reckoning within the context of urban crisis and the problems posed by efforts to revitalize postindustrial spaces...The Paradox of Urban Revitalization is a critical text for scholars interested in the complex relationship between structural racism and city policies." * Choice *"Howard Gillette, Jr. is one of our most important American urban historians. Here he digs his razor sharp analytical and empirical teeth into understanding the ‘new urban crisis’ of profoundly uneven economic growth. He centers much of his analysis on local politics and policies, which are central to today’s urban inequality drama, yet he carefully embeds his modern-day analysis within a historic context of old urban renewal patterns and inequitable outcomes. This careful historical approach makes clear that today’s urban inequalities and uprisings are part of a consistent pattern of past urban development and policy pursuits. The Paradox of Urban Revitalization is a must read for those interested in urban America and its persistent racial inequality." * Derek Hyra, American University *"The Paradox of Urban Revitalization provides an overview of the technical and political complexities of urban development, supplying the reader, and particularly students, with critical insights into the aspirations and challenges of activating the benefits of growth together with the reparative assets of equity and inclusion." * Toni Griffin, Harvard University *"In The Paradox of Urban Revitalization, Gillette brilliantly explores the stubborn linkage between poverty and progress, as well as the failure of inclusive development. Although cities have instituted various strategies to tackle racial inequities, he finds that even the ones he considers adopting the best programs are falling short. Gillette concludes that without a fundamental transformation of the prevailing political economy of racial capitalism, local efforts will not be enough to close the wealth gap." * Edward Muller, University of Pittsburgh *
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University of Pennsylvania Press Land and Lordship Structures of Governance in
Book SynopsisOriginally published in 1939 and available here in English, Land and Lordship has been one of the most influential works of the twentieth-century medieval scholarship.
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University Press of Florida Beach and Coastal Camping in Florida
Book SynopsisA guide to the campgrounds for tent, van, and trailer camping in coastal Florida.Trade Review"One of the book's strong points is you will not arrive unannounced at a place which disappoints you.... Molloy's writing is no-nonsense, precise, and he covers a lot of ground, both figuratively and metaphorically. His subjects include 'what to do' and 'what's nearby.' Here we have an essential resource book for anyone who ventures out of doors with a tent and a hankering to go pitch it somewhere." - Outdoor Adventure Magazine "Gives readers nuts and bolts about camping in state and national parks where land meets the water from the Gulf Islands National Seashore near Pensacola to Bahia Honda State Park near Marathon." - Palm Beach Post "A fine new guidebook to help us find just the right spot for outdoor fun.... Packed with useful information for people who want to enjoy Florida's seashores." - Vero Beach Press-Journal "Beach and Coastal Camping in Florida is not just a listing of places to camp and how to get there. Molloy gives detailed descriptions of parks and recreation areas along the coasts of Florida with pictures, key information with directions and fees, descriptions of the beach areas, pertinent details about the campgrounds, the history of the area, what to do and what's nearby. In fact, if your idea of camping is a suite at the Hilton, you might even find yourself enticed into trying camping after reading some of these descriptions." - Tallahassee Democrat"
£19.67
University Press of Florida Reptiles and Amphibians of the Southern Pine
Book SynopsisA guide to the reptiles and amphibians of the southeastern pine forests, which emphasizes their interdependent ecologies and the conservation issues facing pine woods herpetofauna. It includes accounts, range maps, and color photos of the twenty-six native species or subspecies of frogs, snakes, lizards, and turtles in the southern pine woods.Trade ReviewThis book should be read by all who care about the Earth's diversity, conservation, and natural history. It is a pleasant must-read for those with interests in the southeastern United States and especially the herpetologically inclined. - Max A. Nickerson, curator of herpetology, Florida Museum of Natural History ""A compelling and absorbing read, filled with information but written in a style that makes normally stale data fresh."" - Joseph T. Collins, author of Peterson Field Guide to Reptiles and Amphibians of Eastern and Central North America
£31.22
MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Empire And Pilgrimage In Conrad And Joyce
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Shaw and Feminisms
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Masculinity after Trujillo The Politics of
Book SynopsisAny observer of Dominican political and literary discourse will quickly notice how certain notions of hyper-masculinity permeate the culture. In this extraordinary work, Maja Horn argues that this common Dominican attitude became ingrained during the dictatorship (1930-61) of Rafael Leonidas Trujillo, as well as through the US military occupation that preceded it.Trade Review“Provides an insightful look at the persistent power of masculinism in Dominican post-dictatorship politics and literature.”—Ignacio López-Calvo, author of God and Trujillo“The ideas about masculinization of power developed by Horn are important not only to Dominican scholarship but also to Caribbean and other Latin American students of the intersection of history, political power, and gendered practices and discourses.”—Emilio Bejel, author of Gay Cuban Nation""A novel and thoughtful analysis of the sexual gender relations and the construction of masculinity in contemporary Dominican culture. The Americas“A well-researched and rigorously historicized contribution to the field of Dominican cultural studies, moving elegantly between cultural and literary analyses.”—Modern Language Review
£18.95
University Press of Florida Drying Up
Book SynopsisAmerica's wettest state is running out of water. Yes, Florida - with its swamps, lakes, extensive coastlines, and legends of life-giving springs - faces a drinking water crisis that most people don't see coming. Drying Up is a wake-up call and a hard look at what the future holds for those who call Florida home.
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida The Archaeology of Northern Slavery and Freedom
Book SynopsisInvestigating what life was like for African Americans north of the Mason-Dixon Line during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, James Delle presents the first overview of archaeological research on the topic in this book, debunking the notion that the ""free"" states of the Northeast truly offered freedom and safety for African Americans.
£67.00
MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Fort St. Joseph Revealed
Book SynopsisThe first synthesis of archaeological and documentary data on one of the most important French colonial outposts in the western Great Lakes region.
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Ancient Maya Political Dynamics
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida The Bioarchaeology of Classical Kamarina
Book SynopsisHuman remains and burial customs are often considered separately in studies of ancient Greek populations. In this seminal work, Carrie Sulosky Weaver synthesizes skeletal, material, and ritual data to reconstruct the cultural practices of Kamarina, a city-state in Sicily.
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Mythic Frontiers Remebering Forgetting and
Book SynopsisIllustrates how aggrandized versions of the past have been used to turn a profit. Examining the imagined frontier town of Fort Smith, Arkansas, Daniel Maher warns that disconnecting cultural heritage tourism from history minimizes the devastating consequences of imperialism, racism, and sexism and relegitimizes the privilege bestowed upon white men.
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida White Sand Black Beach
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University Press of Florida The Extraordinary Life of Jane Wood Reno
Book SynopsisJournalist, activist, and adventurer, Jane Wood Reno (1913-1992) was one of the most groundbreaking and colourful American women of the twentieth century. Told by her grandson, George Hurchalla, this is an intimate biography of a free thinker who shattered barriers during the explosive early years of Miami.Trade Review“Brilliant, adventurous, and defiantly determined, Reno is a pioneering woman who should not be overlooked. Readers will be thrilled, and book groups will relish discussions of this amazing life.”—Booklist
£30.39
University Press of Florida Florida ScrubJay
Book SynopsisThe only bird species that lives exclusively in Florida, the Florida Scrub-Jay was once common across the peninsula. But as development has reduced its habitat, the species has become endangered. With an explorer's spirit, Mark Walters travels the state to report on the natural history and current predicament of Florida's flagship bird.
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University Press of Florida The Changing South of Gene Patterson Journalism
Book SynopsisCelebrates the work of one of America's most influential journalists who wrote in a time and place of dramatic social and political upheaval. The editor of the Atlanta Constitution from 1960 to 1968, Patterson wrote directly to his fellow white southerners every day, working to persuade them to change their ways.Trade ReviewIn pointing us toward how to be 'better than we are,' Gene Patterson--passionate, funny, sound of mind and full of heart--coincidentally reminds us just how fine journalism can be. This is a wonderful, inspiring book."--Geneva Overholser, syndicated columnist, Washington Post Writers Group, and Curtis B. Hurley Chair in Public Affairs Reporting, University of Missouri"Proves that journalism at its best can endure as literature. A compelling portrait of the 1960s and the American South by an engaged participant and acute observer."--Robert Schmuhl, University of Notre Dame
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University Press of Florida Indian River Lagoon
Book SynopsisStretching along 156 miles of Florida's East Coast, the Indian River Lagoon contains the St. Lucie estuary, the Mosquito Lagoon, Banana River Lagoon, and the Indian River. This book traces the winding story of the waterway, showing how humans have altered the area to fit their needs and how the lagoon has influenced the cultures along its shores.Trade ReviewLively and nuanced." - David McCally, author of The Everglades: An Environmental History "As we work to repair the damage we have done to fragile ecosystems, this book tells us how much we have lost and how little time we have left before it is completely destroyed. Important reading for all interested in saving what is left of vanishing natural Florida." - Steven Noll, coauthor of Ditch of Dreams: The Cross Florida Barge Canal and the Struggle for Florida’s Future "Osborn has finally gifted the long misunderstood Indian River Lagoon with the discerning scientific insights and cultural perspective it deserves." - Bill Belleville, author of The Peace of Blue: Water Journeys "Unwinds the natural and human histories that have made the region both popular and fragile." - Evan P. Bennett, author of When Tobacco Was King: Families, Farm Labor, and Federal Policy in the Piedmont
£22.64
University Press of Florida Hell Without Fires
Book SynopsisExamines the spiritual and earthly results of conversion to Christianity for African-American antebellum writers. Using autobiographical narratives, the book shows how black writers transformed the earthly hell of slavery into a ‘New Jerusalem’, a place they could call home.Trade ReviewAn innovative and brilliant analysis of five antebellum slave narratives." - Choice"Pierce analyzes each of the conversion narratives in fresh, revealing ways, and scholars should be motivated to reread the original accounts--and others like them--afresh." - Biography"Pierce's analysis of these narratives help[s] to explain slaves' conversion to the religion of their oppressors, what forms of advocacy those converts called to preach could claim, and the ways that early African American converts merged African religions and Protestant Christianity." - African American Review"Packs a wealth of information. . . . Readers will be amply repaid for time spent reading it." - Journal of Southern History"Helps establish black spiritual, or conversion, narratives as an important genre in its own right. It is constantly informed by much of the best recent scholarship on slavery, religion, and gender relations." - Register of the Kentucky Historical Society
£24.87
MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida The Archaeology of Early Colonial Manila A
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John Wiley & Sons UnAmericanism
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Archaeology Heritage and Reactionary Populism
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MP-FLO Uni Press of Florida Hemingway and Italy
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John Wiley & Sons Teaching James Joyce in the TwentyFirst Century
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer Tractates on the Gospel of John
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer Funeral Orations Vol. 22
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MP-CUA Catholic Uni of Amer Sermons Volume 1 180 Vol. 31
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The Catholic University of America Press Augustine in His Own Words
Book SynopsisThis volume offers a comprehensive portrait of St. Augustine (354-430) drawn from the breadth of his writings and from the long course of his career. One chapter is devoted to each of his masterpieces (Confessions, On the Trinity, and City of God) and one
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The Catholic University of America Press IrishAmerican Autobiography Athletes Priests
Book SynopsisIs there still a distinct Irish identity in America? This highly original survey says yes, though it’s often an indirect one. Opening a new window on the meanings of Irishness over the twentieth century, this work also reveals how Catholicism, so key to the identity of earlier generations of Irish Americans, has also evolved.Trade Review“In Irish-American Autobiography James Silas Rogers engages with more than a century of Irish-American nonfiction. Meticulously researched, intelligently orchestrated, and beautifully written, Rogers’s study—in its deep engagement with the many-sidedness of the Irish experience in the United States—brings into the spotlight the lives of many well and not-so-well-known men and women whose lives and writings allow us to understand the Irish diaspora more thoroughly. Some of his subjects are well-known—Jackie Gleason, Frank McCourt, and Michael Patrick McDonald—while others represent important acts of recovery. This is a wise, informative, excellent, and a vital contribution to both Irish and American Studies.” —Eamonn Wall, author of Writing the Irish West: Ecologies and Traditions.
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The Catholic University of America Press Reading Flannery OConnor in Spain From Andalusia
Book SynopsisPlaces Flannery O'Connor's work in constructive and collaborative dialogue with Spanish literature and literary aesthetics. Contributors explore the ways in which O'Connor's literary and religious vision continues to work in the imaginations of both American and European - mostly Spanish - authors.
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John Wiley & Sons Into God
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Rutgers University Press Reel Vulnerability Power Pain and Gender in
Book SynopsisTrade Review“Probing and insightful prose combined with brilliant textual analysis makes Reel Vulnerability a welcome and original addition to gender film criticism.” -- Dennis Bingham * author of Whose Lives Are They Anyway?: The Biopic as Contemporary Film Genre *"By challenging the assumption that the suffering body is vulnerable, Hagelin creates an alternate logic for feminist scholars that demands that we rethink Hollywood’s uses of pain and victimization as entrees to gender." -- Susan Jeffords * University of Washington *“Probing and insightful prose combined with brilliant textual analysis makes Reel Vulnerability a welcome and original addition to gender film criticism.” -- Dennis Bingham * author of Whose Lives Are They Anyway?: The Biopic as Contemporary Film Genre *"By challenging the assumption that the suffering body is vulnerable, Hagelin creates an alternate logic for feminist scholars that demands that we rethink Hollywood’s uses of pain and victimization as entrees to gender." -- Susan Jeffords * University of Washington *Table of ContentsAcknowledgmentsIntroductionPart I1. The Furies, The Men, and the Method2. Victimized, Violent, and DamnedPart II3. The Body at War4. Matthew Shepard’s Body and the Politics of Queer VulnerabilityPart III5. The Violated Body after 9/116. Vulnerability by ProxyAfterwordNotesBibliographyIndex
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Rutgers University Press Making the Scene in the Garden State Popular
Book SynopsisExplores New Jersey's musical heritage through stories about the musicians, listeners and fans who came together to create sounds from across the popular music spectrum. From the beginnings of recording in Thomas Edison's factories to Bruce Springsteen and beyond, the book examines the sounds, sights and textures of music in New Jersey.Trade Review"The New Jersey music stories told in these pages are often punctuated by chance occurrences, dumb luck, unexpected brilliance, and a little magic. They also give us a view into the bigger patterns of cultural and historical change that are far more than a local matter. From MacLeod's 'scenes' come bigger shifts. Read this and be reminded of the ways in which popular (and sometimes unpopular!) music and the people who make it, listen to it, and dream through it do things out there on the margins that, finally, reshape the center." -- Warren Zanes * author of Petty: The Biography *"Music History was Made Here" by Tom Wilk * New Jersey Monthly *"Exploring New Jersey's Musical History" by Gary Wein * NJ Stage *"History of Jersey music, Jersey ‘Lips,' virtual Hudson events: recommendations to pass the time" by Jim Testa https://www.nj.com/hudson/2020/03/history-of-jersey-music-jersey-lips-virtual-hudson-events-recommendations-to-pass-the-time.html * NJ.com *"In many ways, MacLeod hits his finest notes [by] providing readers with useful miniature stories about the lives and times of Jersey Shore musicians and their audiences. Chockful of new information and helpfully resourced with the fruits of countless interviews, Making the Scene in the Garden State should enjoy a large audience both for the book’s scholarly value, as well as for its engaging anecdotes about New Jersey’s role in changing American musical culture for all time." * New Jersey Studies *"MacLeod offers a useful local cultural history that will enrich understanding of twentieth-century America for undergraduates and general-audiences alike. Meanwhile, professional scholars can add Making the Scene in the Garden State to their list of works that shine a light into the nation's unjustly overlooked corners." * Journal of American History *Table of ContentsIntroduction: Making Scenes 1. Thomas Edison and the First Recording Studio 2. The Victor Talking Machine Company and the Scene at Home 3. Jazz at the Cliffside: The Studios of Rudy Van Gelder 4. Transylvania Bandstand and Rockin’ with the Cool Ghoul 5. The Upstage Club and the Asbury Park Scene 6. “Drums Along the Hudson”: The Hoboken Sound Conclusion: Making the Scene in the Twenty-First Century Acknowledgments Notes Index
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Rutgers University Press Women Artists on the Leading Edge Visual Arts of
Book SynopsisThis book explores the achievements of a group of young women artists who learned about the New Art through an extraordinary faculty of innovators at Douglass College. New Art rejected the dominance of Abstract Expressionism, advocating that art should be based on everyday life and that “anything can be art.”Trade Review"Joan Marter’s Women Artists on the Leading Edge: Visual Arts at Douglass College is a significant account from an actual participant of the pioneering art program for women students developed at Rutgers after WW II. Inspired in part by the inventive curriculum initiated at Black Mountain College, as well as the avant-garde course taught by composer John Cage at the New School from 1956 to 1961, the multi-media agenda advanced at Douglass College (where many faculty were associated with Pop and Fluxus), was further underscored by an impressive roster of activist campus guests. Marter’s handsome book, including a set of outstanding interviews with notable Douglass alumnae such as Alice Aycock and Mimi Smith, appropriately redresses this historical imbalance, both detailing and celebrating the decisive role Douglass played as an incubator for artistic innovation by women." -- Ellen G. Landau * author of Lee Krasner: A Catalogue Raisonné, Reading Abstract Expressionism: Context and Critique, *"Even before second-wave feminism became a recognized social and political movement in the early 1960s, professors at New Jersey's Douglass College for women recognized the need for art students to become acquainted with some of the most cutting-edge ideas of the time. At long last, the extraordinary history of how this college fostered the growth of such celebrated artists as Alice Aycock, Jackie Winsor, and Joan Snyder is being thoroughly recounted by esteemed art historian Joan Marter, who analyzes Douglass's important contributions to the arts at Rutgers University, where she taught from 1977 to 2016." -- Robert Hobbs * author of Alice Aycock, Sculpture and Projects *"In Women Artists on the Leading Edge, Joan Marter tells the fascinating account of how Douglass College's visual artists' receptivity to the explosive spirit of experimentation in the 1950s and 1960s had a profound impact both on students and contemporary art. Inviting renowned artistic pioneers to teach, visit, or perform galvanized students' artistic ambitions. Dr. Marter's narrative about Douglass College, to which she made many contributions, is engrossing as cultural history. This book's recollections of creative growth by former students forms an institutional history of the confluence of interdisciplinary arts, feminist values, and innovative pedagogy in stimulating achievements by women" -- Suzaan Boettger * author of Earthworks, Art and the Landscape of the Sixties *Table of ContentsIntroduction Part 1 Visual Arts Faculty at Douglas College Interview with Geoffrey Hendricks Interview with Roy Lichtenstein Part 2 Alice Aycock Loretta Dunkelman Kirsten Kraa Frances Tannenbaum Kuehn Linda Lindroth Marion Munk Rita Myers Mimi Smith Joan Snyder Ann Tsubota Jackie Winsor Interview with Alice Aycock Interview with Letty Lou Eisenhauer Interview with Mimi Smith Part 3 The Women Artists Series at Douglass College Mary H. Dana Women Artists Series at 21 Years Exhibitions at the Walters Hall Art Gallery, Douglass College Conclusion Bibliography Acknowledgments About the Author Index
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Rutgers University Press Only at ComicCon Hollywood Fans and the Limits of
Book SynopsisOnly at Comic-Con examines the relationship between exclusivity and the proliferation of media industry promotion at the San Diego Comic-Con, from the convention’s founding in 1970 to its current status as a destination for hundreds of thousands of pop culture fans and a hub of Hollywood hype and buzz.Trade Review"This is an important book for fan studies and beyond. Not only a brilliant exploration of Comic-Con’s history and place in contemporary culture, it also takes seriously aspects of this experience that have been under-researched. What are the meanings and values of waiting in line? How does Hall H operate? And how have licensees become so central to the event? Assessing fans’ liminal positioning, Erin Hanna acutely theorises 'exclusivity' and its (re)configurations. Start the queue here – this is a must-read for anyone interested in aspirational and affective labor, as well as Hollywood’s attempts to build cultural capital for its blockbusters." -- Matt Hills * author of Fan Cultures and Doctor Who: The Unfolding Event *“This exciting, well-researched book situates Comic-Con within the confluence of fandom, industry, and convergence. Erin Hanna expertly reveals how industry efforts to generate publicity for major media brands hinge on the production of exclusivity for a select number of fans.” -- Derek Johnson * author of Media Franchising: Creative License and Collaboration in the Culture Industries *"Imaginary Worlds" podcast with Erin Hanna https://soundcloud.com/emolinsky/once-and-future-comic-con * Imaginary Worlds *"Only at Comic-Con is a valuable contribution to both media industries and fan studies, as Hanna’s work integrates the two disciplines seamlessly in a powerful argument about the limits of exclusivity, capital, and exploitation." * Media Industries Journal *Table of ContentsContents Introduction: The San Diego Comic-Con and the Limits of Exclusivity 1 Origin Stories: Comic-Con and the Future of All Media 2 The Liminality of the Line and the Place of Fans at Comic-Con 3 Manufacturing “Hall H Hysteria:” Hollywood and Comic-Con 4 Ret(ail)con: From Dealers’ Room to Exhibit Hall Conclusion: From Franchise Wars to Fry Fans: Comic-Con Anywhere Acknowledgments Notes Bibliography Index
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Rutgers University Press Living When Everything Changed My Life in
Book SynopsisIn this compelling memoir, Mary Kay Thompson Tetreault describes how a Catholic girl from small-town Nebraska discovered her callings as a feminist, as an academic, and as a university administrator. With remarkable candor and compassion, she reflects on how second-wave feminism has transformed academia and how much reform is still needed. Trade Review“This is one of the bravest books about the long trajectory of leadership in higher education that I have read in a long time. Tetreault takes us on both a personal and professional journey through her triumphs and tribulations as she balances essentially three worlds every day; that of administrator and leader, academic, and wife and mother." -- Yolanda Moses * co-author of How Real is Race: A Sourcebook on Race, Culture and Biology *“Living When Everything Changed is a remarkably candid account of an academic and administrative career filled with both successes and failures. While it offers a sometimes-painful picture of academic conflicts, paralysis, and betrayals, over the course of her career Tetreault and her colleagues grappled with many of the most important issues in higher education over several decades. In this sense it is surely true that Tetreault’s career (including her preparation for her career) took place in “interesting times,” and this volume offers readers a rare glimpse of the complicated mix of motivations, personalities, values and ideologies that animated both challenges to the status quo and resistance to those challenges.” -- Abigail J. Stewart * co-author of An Inclusive Academy: Achieving Diversity and Excellence *"Selected New Books on Higher Education," compiled by Ki-Jana Deadwyler and Ruth Hammond https://www.chronicle.com/article/Selected-New-Books-on-Higher/247595 * Chronicle of Higher Education *"The strengths of this memoir lie in the author's honesty about her ambition as well as her insecurities. We follow her interior and outward struggle as she advocates for herself and her career while navigating a minefield of departmental territorialism, faculty egos, institutional hierarchy, cultural norms, and power dynamics, as well as emerging pressures of gender and race diversity in the world of higher education." * EqualwRites *Table of ContentsTable of Contents Preface Chapter One: My Life as a Professor Begins Chapter Two: Going Home and Leaving Home Chapter Three: Nestled in the Bosom of Catholicism Chapter Four: Wandering in the Wilderness Chapter Five: Finding Love and Work Chapter Six: Becoming the Men We Wanted to Marry Chapter Seven: My Lewis and Clark Chapter Concludes Chapter Eight: A Deanery of My Own Chapter Nine: Second Chance to Be a Provost Chapter Ten: Opportunity and Ambition Overshadowed by Ambivalence Chapter Eleven: Shifting My Gaze Forward Chapter Twelve: Among the Most Interesting Provost’s Position in the Country Chapter Thirteen: A Wild Patience Has Taken Me This Far
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Rutgers University Press The Bartonellas and Peruvian Medicine The Work
Book SynopsisExplores the events surrounding the discovery of the etio-pathogenic agent of the Oroya Fever, also known as Peruvian Verruga or Carrión's disease by Dr. Alberto Leonardo Barton. Graciela S. Alarcón and Renato D. Alarcón recount Barton's persistent work against scepticism, obstacles, and limitations imposed by members of Peru's medical elites of the time.Trade Review“The Bartonellas and Peruvian Medicine provides historical depth to the fascinating saga of the elucidation of Oroya fever and Verruga Peruana, the 'national disease' of Perú. The authors reveal, in an eminently readable and richly illustrated format, the personalities and achievements of Alberto Barton, Daniel Alcides Carrión and other key figures in a sometimes turbulent voyage of discovery. This book could very well become a classic of Latin American medical history.” -- David Warrell * coeditor of Oxford Textbook of Medicine; Emeritus Professor of Tropical Medicine, Oxford University *“A detailed masterpiece that unveils the life events of the man who discovered the etiological agent of Carrión’s disease, a malady that killed thousands of railroad workers in the highlands of Peru. It narrates concisely and with precision, with well documented sources, the tenacity of a researcher. The authors take us on an inspirational journey of a scientist determined to succeed in the face of adversity. A must read for researchers who are seeking to improve the well-being of their peers through their scientific research as a priority, instead of the laureate recognitions of society.” -- German Henostroza * Director, Gorgas Center for Geographic Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham *“The Bartonellas and Peruvian Medicine provides historical depth to the fascinating saga of the elucidation of Oroya fever and Verruga Peruana, the 'national disease' of Perú. The authors reveal, in an eminently readable and richly illustrated format, the personalities and achievements of Alberto Barton, Daniel Alcides Carrión and other key figures in a sometimes turbulent voyage of discovery. This book could very well become a classic of Latin American medical history.” -- David Warrell * coeditor of Oxford Textbook of Medicine; Emeritus Professor of Tropical Medicine, Oxford University *“A detailed masterpiece that unveils the life events of the man who discovered the etiological agent of Carrión’s disease, a malady that killed thousands of railroad workers in the highlands of Peru. It narrates concisely and with precision, with well documented sources, the tenacity of a researcher. The authors take us on an inspirational journey of a scientist determined to succeed in the face of adversity. A must read for researchers who are seeking to improve the well-being of their peers through their scientific research as a priority, instead of the laureate recognitions of society.” -- German Henostroza * Director, Gorgas Center for Geographic Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham *Table of ContentsTABLE OF CONTENT Dedication. Preface. Acknowledgements. On behalf of the family. Foreword. Alberto Leonardo Barton: Biographic notes. Bartonella bacilliformnis. Pre-Inca and Inca Periods Conquest and Viceroyalty Republican Period Pre-Carrión;s period Carrión’s period Post-Carrión’s period Post Carrión and Post Alberto L. Baron’s period Carrión’s disease. The Other Bartonellas. Reflexions and Perspectives: Barton, the Bartonellas and Peruvian Medicine. Conclusions. Comments: Alberto Leonardo Barton and Bartonella bacilliformis.
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University of Virginia Press The Papers of George Washington v.1 Revolutionary
Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. June-September 1775 -- 2. September-December 1775 -- 3. January-March 1776 -- v. 4. April-June 1776 -- v. 5. June-August 1776 -- v. 6. August 1776-October 1776 -- v. 7. October 1776-January 1777 -- v. 8. January-March 1777 -- v. 9. March-June 1777 -- v. 10. June-August 1777.
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University of Virginia Press The Papers of George Washington v.3 Revolutiona
Book SynopsisCovers the final months of the siege of Boston. Washington's correspondence and orders for this period reveal an uncompromising attitude toward reconciliation with Britain and a single-minded determination to engage the enemy forces in Boston before the end of the winter.Table of Contents1. June-September 1775 -- 2. September-December 1775 -- 3. January-March 1776 -- v. 4. April-June 1776 -- v. 5. June-August 1776 -- v. 6. August 1776-October 1776 -- v. 7. October 1776-January 1777 -- v. 8. January-March 1777 -- v. 9. March-June 1777 -- v. 10. June-August 1777.
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University of Virginia Press The Papers of George Washington v.3 JuneSept
Book SynopsisPart of a series which covers the eight precedent-setting years of Washington's presidency and his brief retirement. Volume three covers most of the summer of 1789 and focuses on the problems facing the new administration.
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University of Virginia Press The Papers of George Washington v.6 13 August20
Book SynopsisDocuments Washington's decisions and actions during the heart of the New York campaign, from late summer to early fall 1776, when his opponent, General William Howe, took the offensive and outmanoeuvred the American forces in and around New York City by amphibious landings.
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University of Virginia Press The Papers of James Madison v. 3 1 March 18026
Book SynopsisDuring the period of this third volume of the ""Secretary of State"" series, Madison was concerned with ongoing problems in foreign policy, particularly US relations with the European powers. Diplomatic letters describe his efforts to defend American commercial rights.
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University of Virginia Press The Papers of George Washington v.5 Presidential
Book SynopsisTable of Contents1. September 1788-March 1789 -- 2. April-June 1789 -- 3. June-September 1789 -- 4. September 1789-January 1790 -- 7. December 1790-March 1791 -- 8. March-September 1791.
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